Alcohol use prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of alcohol use in a university student sample in Turkey

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 575-583

  Özgür Ilhan, Inci ^a   Yildirim, Fatma ^a   Demirbaş, Hatice ^a   Doǧan, Yildirim B ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; CAGE; Prevalence; Sociodemographic factors; University students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 47249110258     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0335-z     Document Type: Article

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